The Marshmallow Test

After I read this article today about the apparently well-known "marshmallow test", I found myself wondering if I would have passed that test as a four-year-old, or if I would pass it now. I decided that I would, but mainly because a single marshmallow isn't that tempting to me. Now put something I am craving in front of me, and I'm not so sure...but I'm curious how my young nephew would do. The premise is that a kid is told if he can sit and wait (for what turns out to be 20 minutes) until the adult comes back without eating the marshmallow, he can have two when the adult returns. Kids who are able to wait do better later in life in many areas. The article above just touches on it, but a google search yielded some more detailed articles on the subject, as well as even some religious interpretations relating to other impulses, which you'll have to find yourself!

(looking for images was fun - did you know you can make a marshmallow bra, a solar-powered marshmallow roaster, and many more things you wouldn't think of? as long as you can resist eating them, that is....)